No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SOLONHonors achieved far exceed those that are created.
More Solon Quotes
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Poets tell many lies.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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